India, Oct. 3 -- India have started their home season with the first Test against West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Notably, this is a Test match in 14 years and 10 months on Indian soil, where there is no Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli in the playing XI. The last time this happened was in Nagpur vs New Zealand in November 2010.

Virat Kohli made his Test debut on June 20, 2011, while Rohit Sharma played for the first time for India in whites on November 6, 2013. Since Kohli's debut, there has not been a match in which none of them were present in the playing XI. But with both stars announcing their retirement from the format in May 2025, it seems the interest in the longest format has taken a hit in the cricket-frenzy n...